Today I would like to provide you with some useful links about CASL. As this legislation is still an ongoing process please always have a look at the date of the articles:

• January 27, 2014, Competition Bureau + Privacy Commissioner + CRTC sign Memorandum of Understanding about CASL enforcement, http://www.competitionbureau.gc.ca/eic/site/cb-bc.nsf/eng/03643.html
• January 20, 2014,  Good critical article about CASL which shows various shortcomings of this legislation, http://www.canadianlawyermag.com/4959/CASL-clear-as-mud.html
• December 2013, nice CASL Checklist (even though I do not think, that you have a 3 year transition period to get consent), http://img.constantcontact.com/docs/pdf/CASL_checklist.pdf
• December 18, 2013, Just a simple example how CASL turns a simple holiday greetings email into a legal problem, http://www.slaw.ca/2013/12/18/casl-bah-humbug-to-holiday-greetings/
• December 9, 2013, Good overview of new aspects of the regulations + things which are not in the regulations, http://www.mondaq.com/canada/x/279910/Compliance/Canada+Finalizes+AntiSpam+Regulations+New+AntiSpam+Rules+In+Effect+July+2014
• December 4, 2013, another good article about the regulations and its details (also about the Pipeda grandfathering), http://www.barrysookman.com/2013/12/04/casl-industry-canada-regulations-summary-and-comments/
• December 4, 2013, good article about regulations & exemptions, http://nnovation.com/blog/2013/12/industry-canada-finalizes-regulations-under-casl-2/
• December 4, 2013, Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations (Industry Canada), http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/00273.html
• December 4, 2013, Regulatory Impact Analysis, http://fightspam.gc.ca/eic/site/030.nsf/eng/00271.html
• November 26, 2013, new version (full text) of CASL, http://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/E-1.6/index.html
• January 5, 2013,  Regulatory Impact Analysis (Pre-Publication!), http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p1/2013/2013-01-05/html/reg1-eng.html
• October 10, 2012, further CRTC Guidelines (not legally binding!), http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2012/2012-549.htm
• April 18, 2012, Good overview about the different regulation documents, http://www.dww.com/?p=3738
• March 7, 2012, amending Electronic Commerce Protection Regulations by CRTC, http://www.canadiancommunicationslaw.com/SOR2012_36.pdf
• December 15, 2010, CASL regulations (framework), http://lois-laws.justice.gc.ca/eng/AnnualStatutes/2010_23/FullText.html